Scope and Contents note:

This collection contains studies completed by various municipal and state agencies concerning transportation and park issues affecting the Arboretum as well as reports, news clippings, pamphlets, correspondence, proposals, surveys, and studies related to the relationship between the Arnold Arboretum and the communities of and personalities associated with Jamaica Plain, Boston, Roslindale, Brookline, and Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts.

Abstract:

The collection contains records of the legal dispute between The Association for the Arnold Arboretum, Inc. and the President and Fellows of Harvard College that became widely known as “The Arnold Arboretum Controversy.” After a protracted legal battle the outcome was finally adjudicated by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court in 1966.

Overview: The Harvard Forest, a Long Term Ecological Research Site (LTERS) is located about 70 miles west of Harvard University, in Petersham, MA. Established in 1907 with funds from a gift of John S. Ames that purchased 2100 acres - the land was used as a working forest and laboratory for students in the Forestry program at Harvard until 1917. Today, the site is designated as a LTERS by the National Science Foundation. This designation tracks long term ecological change at the forest. This collection...

Scope and Contents: This collection contains records of the Arnold Arboretum Centennial celebration between 1970-1973. These records were solicited and assembled as an archival collection in 1973 by Sheila Connor, the Arboretum research archivist. Subsequent additions were made and further preservation work completed in April of 2000. There are 5 boxes of memoranda and notes between Arboretum staff members and individuals from other organizations involved with Centennial...

Abstract: Alfred Rehder first came to the Arboretum in 1898 while on assignment for Moller’s Deutsche Gartner-Zeitungand where he held the position of Associate Editor. Intending only to stay in America for half a year he was persuaded to join the Arboretum’s staff and he remained at the Arboretum until, and beyond, his retirement in 1940. He was appointed Curator of the Arboretum’s Herbarium in 1918, became editor of the Journal of the Arnold...

Scope and Contents:

The collection contains correspondence, published and unpublished documents including articles, brochures, reprints, reports, pamphlets, photographs, and newspaper clippings as well as Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Documents dated 1945-1966.

Scope and Contents:

The collection contains correspondence, published and unpublished documents including articles, brochures, reprints, reports, pamphlets, photographs, and newspaper clippings as well as Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Documents dated 1945-1966.

Scope and Contents:

The collection contains correspondence, published and unpublished documents including articles, brochures, reprints, reports, pamphlets, photographs, and newspaper clippings as well as Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Documents dated 1945-1966.

Scope and Contents:

The collection contains correspondence, published and unpublished documents including articles, brochures, reprints, reports, pamphlets, photographs, and newspaper clippings as well as Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Documents dated 1945-1966.

Scope and Contents:

The collection contains correspondence, published and unpublished documents including articles, brochures, reprints, reports, pamphlets, photographs, and newspaper clippings as well as Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Documents dated 1945-1966.

Scope and Contents note:

The collection contains biographical information, budgets, correspondence, research notes, photographs, exhibits, VHS Tapes, 16mm films, and writings of Richard A. Howard.

Scope and Contents: The Richard E. Weaver, Jr. Papers and Correspondence Archival Series consists of 8 boxes. Weaver arranged the 108 folders alphabetically beginning with "A" in Box 1 to "Su" in Box 8. The collection includes manuscripts, corrspondence, plant lists, and records of plant expeditions. The majority of the contents include plant information regarding the Arnold Arboretum, R. Weaver's correspondence with colleagues and to those with plant inquiries, and also Arboretum and Case Estate business and...

Scope and Content: Although there are a small number of personal family photographs in the collection, no family papers or family correspondence appear to exist. The first trip to China for Messrs. Veitch is the least documented expedition in the collection. No diary from this trip has been found, although evidence indicates that a diary was kept. No letters from Wilson to the Veitch firm have been located from the expeditions for Messrs. Veitch. However, the Veitch's letters to Wilson, as well as their...

Scope and Contents note:

The collection contains biographical information, budgets, correspondence, research notes, photographs, exhibits, VHS Tapes, 16mm films, and writings of Richard A. Howard.